Actinoplanes utahensis
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| Actinoplanes utahensis Couch 1963
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Actinoplanes utahensis is a species of bacteria and a source of the drug acarbose, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
Description
A. utahensis are irregular in size and shape. They form sporangia which are 5 to 18 micrometers in diameter, and contain spores arranged in irregular coils. A. utahensis are motile by way of a number of flagella at one end.[1]
History
A. utahensis was originally identified by John Couch from soils collected from Salt Lake City's Liberty Park as well as along U.S. Route 40 in Nevada.[2]
References
- ^ Vobis G, Schafer J, Kampfer P (14 September 2015). "Actinoplanes". In Whitman WB (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00139.
- ^ "Some New Genera and Species of the Actinoplanaceae". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 79: 69. May 1963. Retrieved 15 October 2017.